Places
Lake Macquarie is renowned for its beautiful salt water lake, but also boasts many other beautiful sites. These sites are significant, both historically and culturally.
Prior to white settlement, the lake and its surrounds was the home to the Awabakal People, who enjoyed the wealth of resources found in the area. Dreaming Stories are attached to many places explaining life, culture and natural phenomena. The recognised aboriginal places found in and around Lake Macquarie are of great cultural significance.
The focus of white settlement was around the discovery of coal in the late eighteenth century, originating in Newcastle, then spreading to the shores of Lake Macquarie. Small settlements were built around the coal mines, and as the communities grew, suburbs emerged. This saw the area being declared a municipality in January 1977, eventually evolving into a city in 1984.
Suburbs in Lake Macquarie
- Adamstown Heights
- Arcadia Vale
- Argenton
- Awaba
- Balcolyn
- Balmoral
- Barnsley
- Belmont
- Belmont North
- Belmont South
- Bennetts Green
- Blackalls Park
- Blacksmiths
- Bolton Point
- Bonnells Bay
- Boolaroo
- Booragul
- Brightwaters
- Buttaba
- Cameron Park
- Cams Wharf
- Cardiff
- Cardiff Heights
- Cardiff South
- Carey Bay
- Catherine Hill Bay
- Caves Beach
- Charlestown
- Coal Point
- Cockle Creek
- Cooranbong
- Crangan Bay
- Croudace Bay
- Dora Creek
- Dudley
- Edgeworth
- Eleebana
- Eraring
- Fassifern
- Fennell Bay
- Fishing Point
- Floraville
- Freemans Waterhole
- Garden Suburb
- Gateshead
- Glendale
- Gwandalan
- Highfields
- Hillsborough
- Holmesville
- Jewells
- Kahibah
- Kilaben Bay
- Killingworth
- Kotara South
- Lakelands
- Little Pelican
- Macquarie Hills
- Mandalong
- Marks Point
- Marmong Point
- Martinsville
- Mirrabooka
- Moonee
- Morisset
- Morisset Park
- Mount Hutton
- Murrays Beach
- Myuna Bay
- New Lambton Heights
- Nords Wharf
- Pelican
- Pinny Beach
- Pulbah Island
- Rankin Park
- Rathmines
- Redhead
- Ryhope
- Seahampton
- Silverwater
- Speers Point
- Summerland Point
- Sunshine
- Swansea
- Swansea Heads
- Teralba
- Tingira Heights
- Toronto
- Valentine
- Wakefield
- Wangi Wangi
- Warners Bay
- West Wallsend
- Whitebridge
- Windale
- Windermere Park
- Woodrising
- Wyee
- Wyee Point
- Yarrawonga Park
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